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Where does “koit” come from?

koit (Finnish) comes from Finnish koi, from Japanese 鯉, from Old Japanese こい.

koit (Finnish): Nominative plural form of koi; Second-person...

Definitions

  1. Nominative plural form of koi; Second-person...

Ancestry of “koit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoishort form of vaatekoi Tineola bisselliella,...
2Japanese鯉carp, specifically, the common carp
3Old Japaneseこい—
Every word from Old Japanese こい →